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Sheriff Terry Johnson tells woman ‘you’re breaking the law’ by being an activist | Coronavirus
*Editor’s note: The first name of the founder of ACTBAC was incorrectly listed as “Jerry.” The founder’s name is Gary Williamson. The online version of this article has been corrected. On Saturday, Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson told activist Lindsay Ayling “you’re breaking the law” and “we know you’re with antifa” after she asked him …
History, technology and the shackles of the present
For the historian of science and technology, the Narendra Modi government’s ambitious push for electric vehicles (EVs) should ring a bell. After many decades, India is witnessing once again the unseemly fraternisation of high technology and authoritarian governance. On the one hand, the government has championed EV, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and packaged sundry technologies into …
Ross Perot echoed populist sentiments 25 years before rise of Trump, presidential historian says
Billionaire businessman and 1992 independent presidential candidate Ross Perot may have been President Trump’s predecessor in terms of offering a populist, anti-establishment message to voters, according to a presidential historian. Perot, who died Tuesday at age 89, also was not the spoiler in the election that figures in the George H.W. Bush re-election campaign made him …
